Archives - 04 August 2013, Sunday

Bitcoin gold rush heats up with $200m private equity deal Harriet Agnew 05 Aug 2013 A Zurich-based private equity fund is this week due to sign a deal to invest $200 million in Avalon, a company that produces computer servers which “mine” the virtual currency called bitcoin, according...

S.H.G._Nackt @SHG_Nackt 4th August 2013 from TwitLonger Tweet BREAKING: HALF OF TOR SITES COMPROMISED, INCLUDING TORMAIL The founder of Freedom Hosting has been arrested in Ireland and is awaiting extradition to USA. In a crackdown that FBI claims to be about hunting down pedophiles, ...

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On the surface, everyone knew that it would happen. Some country seeking to control capital would undoubtedly ban or rule illegal a decentralized currency like bitcoin. Now it has happened, but from an unexpected place. A baffling decision by Thailand If you would have made a guess a ...

Every year a number of reportedly secure systems fall to the skilled hands of security researchers at Defcon. This year, Casascius’ Physical Bitcioins were on that unfortunate list. Defcon researchers Stits and Datagram tried their hand at the physical Bitcoin on Saturday afternoon an...

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As bitcoin becomes more mainstream and decentralized, companies and non-profits are finding a way to participate and encourage donations with the virtual currency. Khan Academy, the non-profit founded by Salmon Khan, has announced today they are able to accept bitcoin donations using ...

I grew up with Republican parents who listened to talk radio and bought Rush Limbaugh joke reels on cassette tape. When I was in my early teens, I read books by the likes of Ann Coulter. But around the time of the Iraq War, I began to question my beliefs and become disgusted with cons...

CSC will touch 0.0002 on Cryptsy before the end of day GMT, August 18th CasinoCoin (CSC) price will touch 0.0002 BTC on Cryptsy.com before the end of day GMT, August 18th Info Opening date: Aug. 4, 2013 Bet deadline: Aug. 16, 2013 end of day Eastern Time Event date: Aug. 18, 2013 end ...

Freedom Hosting, a web hosting provider specifically targeting websites in the Tor community, has been shut down, and its owner Eric Eoin Marques arrested in Ireland on charges of facilitating the distribution of online child pornography. Marques is now sitting in jail, denied bail wh...

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Our first roadblock in understanding Ripple was understanding what XRP is. Early statements made about it indicated that it was like a “postage stamp” used to pay for transactions. After learning more about it, we realized that this was legal mumbo-jumbo and wasn’t really true. XRP is...